Support for a cornice and venetian blind



June 2, 1953 B. B. JUNKUNC SUPPORT FOR A CORNICE AND VENETIAN BLINDFiled Oct. 11, 1949 Patented June 2, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT. or iesBla B. Junkune, Chicago, 111., assignor to Bela B. Junkunc, Alexander Junk llw.'Sr., Alexander unku c, 1.1.2, and s ph. G. Junkunc. doinbusiness as J d J T ol' nd Mach ne (J -.611? cage, 111-, a partners pApplication Qc obe: 11. 1949,'Seri i 1N0. 1&0374

' 1 Claim. (01. 160-34) The present invention relates to a support for acornice and Venetian blind, and pertains particularly to a combinationof supporting means that will make it unnecessary to secure more thanone supporting bracket to the wall surface adjacent opposite sides of awindow opening which is to be provided with a cornice and a Venetianblind.

Heretofore it has generally been thought necessary to provide separatesupports for a cornice and a Venetian blind even though both were usedin conjunction with the same window opening. In accordance with thepresent invention, a pair of brackets adapted to receive and support theends of a cornice are mounted adjacent opposite sides of a windowopening, and a pair of plates is mounted'in opposite ends of the corniceto support the ends of a top or tilt rail of a Venetian blind. Thus,single supports are provided for supporting the cornice and the Venetianblind.

The structural assembly for supporting the cornice and the Venetianblind, made in accordance with the present invention, is inexpensive tomanufacture, durable and efiicient in use, and is simple and easy toapply.

The structure by which the above advantages are attained will bedescribed in the following specification, taken in conjunction with theaccompanying; drawing of an illustrative embodiment of thejinvention, inwhich:

Figure lfis'aztop plan view of a cornice and Venetian blind tilt railhaving its ends supported by bracketsmounted in the ends of the cornice;

Fig. 2 isa front elevation of the cornice;

Fig. 3 is "a cross sectional view showing the cornice, and brackets forsupporting the cornice, and plates" for supporting the Venetian blindtilt rail, in assembled position;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the rail opposite the endsupported by the plate shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

In the drawings, the reference numerals 2 and 3 indicate 1 wall surfacesadjoining a window opening 4. Brackets 5 and 5 are provided with flangesI and 8, respectively, by means of which they are secured to wallsurfaces 2 and 3. Brackets 5 and 6 are duplicates except that they are 2reversed. Each of these brackets is provided with inturned flanges 9 andI0 extending respectively along its top and bottom edges and spaced froma flat body portion II by inturned edge portions [2 and I3.

A cornice I4 is provided with a central portion l5 and curved portionsI6 and I1 terminating respectively in end portions I8 and I9 extendingat substantially right angles to the central portion. The cornice isbent inwardly at its top and bottom edges, as indicated at 29 and 2!,and then is bent downwardly to form a flange 22, and upwardly to form anoppositely directed flange 23.

A plate 24, having a flat body portion 25 and provided with flanges 26and 21 at its top and bottom edges, respectively, is mounted in endportion I3 of the cornice. Flanges 26 and 21 interfit snugly withflanges 22 and 23 so that plate 24 will be frictionally held in thedesired position. A conventional tilting mechanism 23 is rigidly securedto plate 24 in any suitable manner. The tilting mechanism receives a key29 projecting from one end of the tilt rail 30 of a Venetian blind. Theopposite end of tilt rail 30 has a cord lock mechanism 3| swiveledthereto, and the extreme outer end of the cord mechanism fits into apair of tapered flanges 32 struck inwardly from a plate 33. This plateis positioned in the end portion is of the cornice opposite and parallelto plate 24. Flanges 34 and 35 on the top and bottom edges of plate 33are similar to flanges 26 and 2'1, and hold plate 33 frictionally in endportion [9 of the cornice.

After plates 24 and 33 are positioned in the opposite ends of thecornice, the end portions of the cornice are slid into brackets 5 and 6with flanges 9 and I0 snugly embracing-flanges 22 and 23 at each endportion of the cornice to hold the cornice firmly in position.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have devised astrong, simple support for securing both ends of the tilt rail of aVenetian blind and both ends of a cornice used to trim the windowopening to which the Venetian blind is applied. If a single cornice isused to trim a group of window openings having individual Venetianblinds, the outside edges of the outermost window openings may beprovided with brackets 5 and 6, and the other edges of the windowopenings may be provided with conventional brackets to support the endsof the Venetian blinds that do not coincide with the ends of thecornice.

Although I have described a preferred embodiment of my invention inconsiderable detail, it

3 will be understood that the description is intended to beillustrative, rather than restrictive, as many details may be modifiedor changed without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.Accordingly, I do not desire to be re- 5 stricted to the exact structuredescribed.

I claim:

A support for a Venetian blind tilt rail having a cord lock swiveled atone end thereof and a key projecting from the other end thereof, a.plate having means for engaging said cord lock to support one end ofsaid tilt rail, a second plate having rigidly secured thereto means forengaging said key to support the opposite end of said tilt rail, 9.cornice having opposing end portions, said end portions having opposingflanges extending from the top and bottom edges thereof for supportingsaid plates in opposed parallel relationship, and a pair of brackets forsupporting opposite end portions of said cornice.

BELA B. JUNKUNC.

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